HEATHER BARBIERI
Snow in July is a novel. University Book Store, 4326 University Way, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
DOUGLAS SMITH
The local historian talks about his book Love and Conquest: Personal Correspondence of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin. Elliott Bay Books, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
FRIDAY 12/17
DONNA ANDERS
Afraid of the Dark is a thriller set in a small town. Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St, 587-5737, noon, free.
ROBERT POOLE
The retired executive editor of National Geographic magazine reads from and talks about Explorers House: National Geographic and the World It Made. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
CHARLES D'AMBROSIO
See Stranger Suggests, page 33. Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
SATURDAY 12/18
JENNY KANEVSKY, TOM HOPP, DAVID ZIZKIN, MILTON GHIVIZZANI, MURDOCH HUGHES
Kanevsky is the author of the police novel Chosen Quarry. Hopp is the author of The Jihad Virus, a medical thriller. Zizkin's The Real Police is nonfiction. Ghivizzani's Employee of the Year is a legal thriller. And Hughes' Murder in La Paz is a "motorcycle mystery" set in Mexico. Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 587-5737, 1 pm-3 pm, free.
MAGGIE BENNETT
This event is called "Lights in the Darkness: Lores, Legends, and Lyrics of the Winter Holidays." According to press materials: "Maggie Bennett, professor of folklore from the University of Washington, performs songs and stories of holidays [on] Irish harp, autoharp, and mountain dulcimer." Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 3 pm, free.
ERIC UTNE
The founding publisher of Utne Magazine talks about his hard-to-classify Cosmo Doogood's Urban Almanac: Celebrating Nature & Her Rhythms in the City. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
SUNDAY 12/19
HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA
The Writers' Haven Reading Series presents 20 poets and writers reading for seven minutes each. (In other words, the event is two-and-a-half hours long.) The Jewel Box Theater, 225 Iverson St, Poulsbo, 360-779-9688, 3 pm, free.
MONDAY 12/20
"THE FIELD SEATTLE"
Students read poems, essays, and miscellany. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030, 7 pm, free.
TUESDAY 12/21
ANJALI BANERJEE
The author discusses "How does a writer use specific detail and imagery to express universal emotions?" Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Island, www.fieldsend.org for more info, 7 pm-8:30 pm, free.
POETRY/OPEN MICS
ELLIOTT BAY OPEN MIKE NIGHT--Signup at 7, reading at 7:30 pm. Last Wednesday of the month. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, free.
HOMELAND--Words. So many words. Tuesdays at 7 pm. Caffe Vita, 1005 E Pike St, 709-4440, free.
